Open AccessWhole-Body Vibration Training Increases Vertical Jump Height in a Dance Population
Author(s) -
Matthew Wyon,
Danielle Guinan,
Adam Hawkey
Publication year - 2010
Publication title -
journal of strength and conditioning research
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.569
H-Index - 128
eISSN - 1533-4287
pISSN - 1064-8011
DOI - 10.1519/jsc.0b013e3181c7c640
Subject(s) - isometric exercise , whole body vibration , vertical jump , physical therapy , jump , physical medicine and rehabilitation , medicine , intervention (counseling) , jumping , population , vibration , nursing , physiology , physics , environmental health , quantum mechanics
Whole-body vibration (WBV) training has gained popularity with the strength and conditioning environment. Previous research reported improvements in strength and power after WBV interventions in untrained individuals with little hypertrophical development of the muscles, suggesting that the improvements are because of neuromuscular adaptations. The present intervention study recruited moderately trained individuals that have jumping as integral to their training. Participants were randomly allocated to an intervention or control group. The intervention group was exposed to WBV at 35 Hz for 5 minutes twice a week, whereas the control group was exposed to a similar isometric contraction stress. Results indicated that after a 6-week intervention, vertical jump height increased significantly (p < 0.05) in the intervention group than in the control group. The study concluded that WBV was able to maintain vertical jump height with very little intervention time (10 minutes a week) and therefore should be considered as an intervention form for maintaining jump performance.